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In one word, Popery is "of the earth, earthy;"- is revelation so overlaid and disfigured by human conceits and inventions, which, although they cunningly assume the semblance of righteousness, are for the most part quite the reverse of it, as to retain very little indeed of scriptural
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Believers will not find their faith particularly strengthened by the perusal of this volume, which, when it does not repeat what has already been again and again repeated, conveys little if any information at
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Rae Wilson married secondly, in 1820, Ann Cates (1780/81–1864), of
Bedford Square, London. She accompanied him in his travels, and after her death was buried in the mausoleum at Glasgow Necropolis. He had no children by either marriage.
318:. Margaret married Alexander Smith, and was mother of William Rae Wilson Smith, noted as a reforming Glasgow councillor. Daughter Martha married in 1808 John Reid of Clarendon, Jamaica; Mary married in 1814 Thomas Rowan of
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1823. A popular work, based on the author's travel notes, it went through several editions. The second edition of 1824 was illustrated, after sketches by Rae Wilson and Lady Bell, drawings by A. P. Harrison, engraver I.
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on 7 June 1772. His parents were
Patrick Ray and his wife Isobel Wilson. He learned law under his uncle, John Wilson of Kelvinbank, town clerk of Glasgow, and for a time practised as a solicitor in the Scottish courts.
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A religious man, a writer and a distributor of tracts, Rae Wilson was not of a tolerant spirit. He was described in 1817, after he had visited Rome, as a "zealous friend of our cause" by the
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In recognition of his honorary doctorate, Rae Wilson left to
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905:"The history and progress of the four leading articles of foreign origin which were first imported into Great Britain about two centuries ago, viz., sugar, tea, coffee and potatoes"
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Scotsmen Eminent for Achievements in Arms and Arts, Church and State, Law, Legislation, and Literature, Commerce, Science, Travel, and Philanthropy
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The death of his wife
Frances, 18 months after the marriage, prompted Rae Wilson to write a privately-circulated memorial tribute. It was later published in
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Library Catalogue of the Royal Institute of British Architects: Comprising Additions from 13th June 1887 to 31st December 1898
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Frances was the fourth of at least six daughters. Of her sisters, Elizabeth married in 1805 Robert
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Appeals in the House of Lords A. D. 1851 to 1873: With Tables of All the Cases Cited, Notes, and Copious Index
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Rae Wilson was further provoked by Hood's "Drinking Song By a Member of a Temperance Society" published in 1836 in the
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After his first wife's death, Rae Wilson travelled in Egypt and Palestine, and through most of Europe. He became a
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who died in 1840, the Cleland and Rae Wilson Medals were also awarded.
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